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Mar 31, 1916 Haworth, Oklahoma, United States Died on 30 Aug 2008 (aged 92)
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About Tommy Bolt
- Thomas Henry Bolt (March 31, 1916 – August 30, 2008) was an American professional golfer. Bolt was born in Haworth, Oklahoma.
- He served in the United States Army during World War II and turned professional in 1946.
- He worked as a caddie and club professional in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- He did not join the PGA Tour until he was in his thirties, but he went on to win fifteen PGA Tour titles, including one major championship, the 1958 U.S.
- Open.
- He was the fifth PGA Tour player to shoot a 60 (11 birdies) in an 18-hole round when he did it in the second round of the Insurance City Open outside Hartford, Connecticut Previously, Al Brosch, Wally Ulrich, Ted Kroll and Bill Nary had also shot 60s.
- Bolt had a putt for a 59, but he missed his 15-footer for birdie on the 18th green at the par-71 Wethersfield Country Club.
- He followed that round with a 69-71 over his final 36 holes that got him into a playoff with Earl Stewart, an extra session Bolt won. Bolt was a member of the United States Ryder Cup teams of 1955 and 1957.
- His career Ryder Cup record was 3-1, including a singles victory over Christy O'Connor Snr in 1955 at Thunderbird Golf and Country Club in Palm Springs, California.
- He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. Bolt's fiery disposition earned him the nickname "Thunder" and "Terrible Tommy".
- He was known to break clubs during rounds, and his penchant for throwing clubs led to the adoption of a rule prohibiting such behavior.
- In his later years, he admitted that a lot of his on-course eruptions were merely showmanship and that he felt they had detracted from his playing. Bolt died in Cherokee Village, Arkansas at the age of 92.
- He is interred at Evening Shade Cemetery in Evening Shade, Arkansas. Bolt was elected to the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Inducted in 2002.
